Richard S. Frankenstein, M.D., was elected CMA president-elect during the association’s annual meeting, which concluded this week in Sacramento.

Dr. Frankenstein, 57, is a specialist in pulmonary medicine who has practiced in Garden Grove since 1980. The president-elect is a member of the seven-doctor executive committee of the CMA Board of Trustees.

A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Dr. Frankenstein is on the staff of Garden Grove Hospital, where he was chief of staff from 1989-92. He is a member of the board of commissioners of the Joint Committee on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.

Dr. Frankenstein has held numerous local, state and national positions in organized medicine. He is a member of the board of the CMA Foundation, the charitable arm of CMA. He is past president of the Orange County Medical Association, the California Society of Internal Medicine, a current and founding board member of CalOptima (the Medi-Cal managed care provider in Orange County), and is vice chair of CMA’s delegation to AMA. He has served on the CMA Board of Trustees since 1999.